European auto component maker Gkn has developed a new eAxle module, which is currently used in supercars, for C-segment plug-in hybrid vehicles. The module will enable the automakers to offer plug-in hybrid option in C-segment vehicles ...
Tags: Gkn, eAxle module, Hybrid market, Super technology
ClipperCreek announced the release of new LCS-20 upgrades series of electric vehicle charging stations, with 16Amp charging and 25 foot cable at $379 for the hardwired model and $395 for all four plug-in models. ClipperCreek director of ...
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GE Aviation (an operating unit of GE) has been awarded a $2.1m contract from the US Army to develop and demonstrate silicon carbide (SiC)-based power electronics supporting high-voltage next-generation ground vehicle electrical power ...
Tags: GE Aviation, SiC power devices
Designed with a low profile and shallow installation depth for delivering task lighting from tight spaces, WAC Lighting’s new LED90 Edge Lit Button Lights are designed to be surface mounted or recessed. The versatile LED luminaires ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that the home field of the Vanderbilt University men’s baseball team, Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee, has installed an advanced light-emitting diode (LED) system designed to ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has created a number of useful new resources to help stakeholders understand IES TM-30-15, which describes a new method for evaluating light-source color rendition. Created by an Illuminating ...
Acura, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda has announced to start production of 2017 Acura NSX at its plant in Ohio, US. The production will begin in late April at Acura's Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in ...
It's been suggested that some of Apple's engineering team might quit their jobs if the company loses its court battle with the FBI. The two parties are currently in the middle of a high-profile legal dispute over a locked iPhone ...
Tags: Apple, FBI, Engineering team
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has announced its support for advances in color science and the new TM-30 method released ...
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Cadence Design Systems is offering complete IC packaging design and analysis solutions for advanced fan-out wafer-level chip scale packaging (WLCSP) and 2.5D interposer-based designs. Designed to accelerate the multi-chip integration for ...
Tags: Cadence Design system, IC, Packaging
The Operations & Maintenance group of First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, now has 5GW ...
Tags: First Solar, Thin-film photovoltaic, CdTe
US-based Victory Packaging is set to open a new warehouse and distribution center in Chicago in April to expand its packaging-related operations in the region. The new 275,000ft2 facility will be located in Aurora, a suburb of Chicago, ...
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The universities of Virginia and of Texas in the USA have been developing avalanche photodiodes (APDs) based on aluminium indium arsenide antimonide (AlInAsSb) alloys. Two papers from the group detail the implementation of a staircase ...
AG CE High water levels have caused the retaining wall at a bend in the river to collapse, leading the Environment Agency to instruct Severn Trent to make urgent repairs. Abergavenny-based contractor, Alun Griffiths Civil Engineering & ...
Tags: Sykes Pumps, Flood risk, Welshpool
At its Kassel plant, Mercedes-Benz has produced its 100,000 IPS axles for Mercedes-Benz trucks. IPS is a German shortcut and means Induction Pressure Welding. The technology enables for the first time to weld steel and casting parts with ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, IPS, Pressure Welding